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Humiliation, Ridicule of Black Women Must End

Unless you have been hiding under a rock or are a transplant from another planet, you are most likely aware of the controversy surrounding the formerly, now recently cancelled proposed Oxygen network program “All My Baby Mamas.”

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Campus Safety Experts Hail President’s Obama’s Executive Orders

One measure could lead to more federally-funded research into gun violence and another seeks to boost campuses’ ability to respond to emergencies.

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Mired in Turmoil, S.C. State Tries to Forge Ahead

Presidential search takes on heightened urgency as the school discovered it has been operating in the red and federal investigations of kickback schemes have shaken its core.

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Playing for the President, Grambling Marching Band to Return to Washington

The Grambling State University Tiger Marching Band expects to make history as the only college or university band to perform during the Obama inauguration parades of 2009 and 2013.

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HBCU Presidents Stood Up for Civil Rights

This past December, the Southern Education Foundation (SEF) released two new videos in their series of oral history videos that link seasoned activists with emergent leaders.

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Maryland Eastern Shore President Leading STEM Charge

Under Dr. Juliette Bell’s leadership, UMES awarded a record 166 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in STEM disciplines combined during 2011-’12, exceeding the previous year’s total by 42 percent.

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New Pell Grant Restrictions Lower Enrollment

New regulations enacted by Congress in June have stripped Pell Grant eligibility from nearly 3,000 Mississippi students.

Pew Report Finds that College Degrees Shelter Economic Stability

A recent report released by Pew Charitable Trusts found that graduates holding four-year college degrees are in actuality more protected in a pernicious economy than those with lesser education credentials.

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Gallaudet Reinstates Official Who Signed Petition

Gallaudet University has reinstated its chief diversity officer after a 3-month paid suspension for signing a petition circulated by opponents of gay marriage in Maryland.

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Perceived Factors that Contribute to Low Persistent Rates of Minority Males in Community Colleges

Community College officials discuss the attributes of minority males on the perceived influence of dropping out of institutions of higher learning and to recommend some activities that have proven to be successful in increasing the retention and graduation rates among community colleges.

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Crisis Management: Leaders Reflect on High Presidential Turnovers at HBCUs

There has been an unprecedented number of presidential vacancies resulting in instability and turmoil at the nation’s HBCUs.

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Free at Last!

This month, we not only celebrate the inauguration of the first black U.S. president to his second term, on Jan. 20, and Martin Luther King Jr. Day, on Jan. 21, but we also mark the 150th anniversary of the date the Emancipation Proclamation was issued, Jan. 1, 1883. That makes this a fitting time to look at books about Lincoln’s time.

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